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Synonyms for salver

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sal-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæl vər

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Définition of salver

Origin :
  • 1660s, "tray," formed in English on the model of platter, etc., from French salve "tray used for presenting objects to the king" (17c.), from Spanish salva "a testing of food or drink" to test for poison (a procedure known as pre-gustation), hence "tray on which food was placed to show it was safe to eat," from salvar "to save, render safe," from Late Latin salvare (see save (v.)).
  • As in platter : noun plate
  • As in tray : noun platter
  • As in waiter : noun server
  • As in dish : noun eating receptacle
Example sentences :
  • Immediately a large goblet of it was brought to him, on a salver.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • He took the glass that Mullins proffered on a salver, sipped from it, and set it down.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • She gave a little nervous shriek, and caught it from his salver.
  • Extract from : « The Coast of Bohemia » by William Dean Howells
  • Mrs. Hudson had appeared with a lady's card upon her salver.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "There is one more, ma'am—the upper housemaid's," he said, handing them on a salver.
  • Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • There were cards and envelopes upon the salver in the hall, but not one from Mildred.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • While he was speaking the servant entered with a salver, and on the salver was a note.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • They went to Mayor Phelan demanding Williamson's head on a salver.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various
  • The servant entered with a card, which she presented on a salver to her mistress.
  • Extract from : « A Coin of Edward VII » by Fergus Hume
  • On the salver lay some verses composed and printed in the hero's honor.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
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